There is a new dance and performance class being run in Katoomba every Wednesday afternoon. It’s the creation of a community based partnership between Katoomba Dance Theatre and Sylvanvale Foundation.

The class has been called, ‘WellSpring’, and it’s a source of inspiration and possibility for all performers. A number of Blue Mountains residents already attend the class and participants have a great time stretching, dancing and learning new moves and steps.

Sylvanvale Foundation Community Initiatives Manager, David Cretney, says; “The classes provide a wonderful opportunity for people with disabilities and are proving to be very successful, incorporating body awareness, improvisation, voice work and music”.

Katoomba Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Julie Humphreys, has been successful in securing funding from the CSDE and Artstart grant schemes to develop the adult programme, and also to establish a class for young people with a disability.

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